"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– American Forum – Trouble In The South – May 6, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. In 1954, the landmark Brown v. Board Of Education paved the way for school desegregation in the U.S. – compliance was slow. But…
American Forum – Power and Politics – Senator Richard Neuberger (D-Oregon) – Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Arizona) April 29, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Politics; it never changes. All about power, influence and favors. Especially during election season when…
NBC Nightly News – May 4, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Many have said the events outside the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago started the shift in national opinion of the War in Vietnam. The events at Kent State…
April 26, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 26, 1980 – Aftermath and morning after for the failed hostage rescue attempt. No shortage of outrage, recriminations and wagging fingers. The blasts from Capitol…
Become a Patron! For all intents and purposes, it was a risky attempt from the get-go. On this April 25th, 1980 an attempt to rescue the 53 American hostages, held at the American Embassy in Tehran took place. Admittedly, it…
On top of everything else going on this day in 1970, it was also Earth Day – the very first one. Amid a flurry of publicity and events, Earth Day was intended to be the beginning of what would be…
April 20, 1961 – Crisis In Cuba – Various reports – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 20, 1961 – It was all about Cuba today and news of an invasion by anti-Castro rebels and a day…
Konrad Adenauer – Meet The Press – April 16, 1961 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 16, 1961 and a few words from West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer on Meet The Press during his State visit…
Easter 1937 – Father Coughlin’s Easter Sermon – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Easter 1937. Father Coughlin has been referred to as one of the first, if not the first purveyors of hate radio. That under the guise of giving…
April 7, 1963 – Meet The Press – Harold Wilson – Gordon Skene Sound Collection When Harold Wilson became head of the Labour Party in Britain, succeeding Hugh Gaitskell, who had died in February of 1963, he hit the proverbial…